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Descriptor English: Zygoma
Descriptor Spanish: Cigoma
Descriptor cigoma
Entry term(s) hueso cigomático
hueso de la mejilla
hueso malar
hueso yugal
Scope note: Cada uno de los dos huesos que constituyen la parte prominente de la MEJILLA y forma parte de la ÓRBITA a cada lado del CRÁNEO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Zigoma
Descriptor French: Os zygomatique
Entry term(s): Arch, Zygomatic
Arches, Zygomatic
Bone, Cheek
Bone, Jugal
Bone, Malar
Bones, Cheek
Bones, Jugal
Bones, Malar
Cheek Bone
Cheek Bones
Jugal Bone
Jugal Bones
Malar Bone
Malar Bones
Zygomas
Zygomatic Arch
Zygomatic Arches
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.781.324.995
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015050
Scope note: Either of a pair of bones that form the prominent part of the CHEEK and contribute to the ORBIT on each side of the SKULL.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 15446
Unique ID: D015050
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Zygoma - Preferred
Concept UI M0023159
Scope note Either of a pair of bones that form the prominent part of the CHEEK and contribute to the ORBIT on each side of the SKULL.
Preferred term Zygoma
Entry term(s) Bone, Cheek
Bone, Jugal
Bone, Malar
Bones, Cheek
Bones, Jugal
Bones, Malar
Cheek Bone
Cheek Bones
Jugal Bone
Jugal Bones
Malar Bone
Malar Bones
Zygomas
Arches, Zygomatic - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0023160
Preferred term Arches, Zygomatic
Entry term(s) Arch, Zygomatic
Zygomatic Arch
Zygomatic Arches



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